Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-12-24

with, in connection with previous cor respondence, d COPY of dispatch No 785, of the 4th instant, wherein MT. Morgan, our minister at the City of Mexico, in- closes note from that government to him, stating that every facility will be extended to .the agents of the United States who are to visit Mexico for the purpose of investigating the alleged Per- alta land grant in Arizona Territory.
 l have the honor to be, sir, your o bedi- ent servant,
 FRED'K T. FRELINGHUYsEN.
 Hon. H. M. TELLER,
 Secretary of the Interlor.
 1nclosure.
 No. 785 LEGATION OF THE U. S.
 MEXICO, April 4, 1884.
 SIR; Referring you to my dispatch No. 752, Sth of February, 1884, Tn whick I enclosed acopy of q note addressed by me to Senor Fernandez, in which I had requested, under instructions contained in your dispatch No. 499. 18th January last, that the agents which the United States Government proposed sending to Mexico for the purpose of Investigating the alleged Peralta land grant be author ized to make full and free investigation of the archives of the country, in order that they might be able to ascertain, if possible, whether any such grant had ever been made, now herewith inclose translation of Senor Fernandez reply to my note above referred to, from which you will observe that the Mexican gov ernment will do everythingi in it's power to facilitate the investigations proposed to be made by the agent of the United States.
 am, sir, very respectfully, your ob edi- ent servant, P. H. MORGAN.
 Senor Fernandes to MT. Morgan Inclosure in No. 785-Translation. DEPT FOR FOREIGN RELATIONS. MEXICO, February 16, 1884.
 MIR. MINISTER: In reply to your Ex- cellencys note of the 14th instant, beg to say that not only will no objections be made thereto, but, on the contrary, 1t will afford me great pleasure to issue the necessary orders to the custodian in chief of the public archives of the nation to permit Messrs. Zabriskie and R. C. Hop- kins to make the required examination i with reference to the concession of 300 square leagues of land in the Territory of l Arizona, United States of America, which | it is pretended was made by a King of Spaid to ole ot his subJe ts.
 yIrenew to your Excellcncy the assur- ance of my distina auishcd conside 'dtion.
 JOSE FERNANDEZ.
 His Excellency P. H. MORGAN,
 Subsequently a note from the Mexican department of foreign relations, lnclosin a report on the subject by tke chief oI | h State Department, of which the follow ing are translations:
 DEPT OF FOREIGN RELATIONS
 MEXICO, June r, 1884.
 MIR. MINISTER: Referring to your E1 cellency's note of the 9th of May last, have the honor to transmit herewith copy of the report made by the chief 0 the general archives upon the severa points propounded by your Excellenc, upon the concession of lands said to hay, been made in Arizona to Don Migue Peralta, under instructions from Kin: Don Fernando VI, of Spain, on the 20tl of December, l749.
 Your Excellency will see that this de partment has done everything it has beel possible for it to do to comply with tn wishes of the Government of the Unitet States of America.
 renew to your Excellency the assur ance of my distinguished consideration.
 JOSE FERNANDEZ.
 His Excellency P. H. MORGAN.
 A stamp with the following inscrip tion: General and public archives of tn nation Mexico.
 In compliance with your instruction ,fN IL der the following report npon variou points, submitted by Mir. Morgan, Unite' States Minister, Ill the name of his gov ernmeut, and in reference to the conces sion of lands in Arizona made to MI Michael Peralta on the recommendatio of King Fernando VI, of Spain, date December 20, 1748, Augustus Ahumada Villalon, viceroy at the time of Ne Spain on the 20th of January, 1758, an confirmed, as 1t is said, by King Charle IT, on the 20th of January. 1772. The points referred to are the follow ing:
 : CD A search, as scrupulous as poss ] ble, is solicited to be made, and also t communicate whatever data may be ol tainable that have bearing on said doc uments.
 , It appears that under date of Decen ! Der 5, 1883, and at the request of Mir R c. Hopkins, it pleased you to have tn same identical search made by the en ployes of this office, for the purpose ( exhibiting to the interested party tl = documents he desired to examine. , Regarding this concession MT. HoI kins said in his petition, quoted in tn order referred to, that he ''had in h l possession a copy with the seal of the II f quisition and certified by the secretalit : of the tribunal, Messrs. August Anthon a Carrillsy Collantes and Joseph de la G : day Debago, and also by AIr Joseph y Aval, as notary" He solicited permi . sion to examine the original signature s of King Charles III and the archives y the vice-royalty of 1758, and also tn , archives and the seal of the royal tribu <, nal of the Inquisition of the year 1757. : The search being made at that tim y and repeated to-day, no record has bee found relating to the said grant unde the following headings: "Grants, e Hands, Royal degrees and interni r provinces"
 s Mir. Hopkins was shown various printe r signat ures of King Charles III, as n Il original ones on file, the seals of the Ir quisition, and he was informed that ther